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Old 09-10-2013 | 03:20 PM
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How often do you see a fellow Z driver?

I drive an '87 z31 Turbo and use it for my daily. I am always on the lookout for any other Z cars on the road. I see maybe one a month, I live in central Indiana. U.S.A..
Old 09-10-2013 | 06:22 PM
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I see maybe one or two a month, but they are usually Z32s.

I might see a S130 or S30 once or twice a year. Tops.
Old 09-10-2013 | 07:42 PM
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Mike where in il are you and i only see 350 and 370 often but we have 2 z32 in town but i am the only z31 for miles and miles haha
Old 09-10-2013 | 07:50 PM
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I'm in Springfield. Plenty of 350s and 370s here also. I haven't seen another S30 in at least a year though. There used to be a couple super clean 280Zxs in town, but haven't seen them lately. Depressing!
Old 09-10-2013 | 08:09 PM
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im in Winnipeg and I have a 84 50th ae, I had a 84 NA as well I just sold, I see tons and tons of 350's, and 370's. theres probably about 30-40 different z32's I see, there was one 240z with a v8 swap ive seen around and it was for sale, and theres at least a dozen z31's around. I see a z32 or z31 at least once per day, pretty cool actually, but all the z31's are rusted out
Old 09-29-2013 | 01:05 PM
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I haven't actually seen another Z31 near me. I know for a fact I'm the only Z31 owner that attends my HS, and I've never seen a Z31 in the classifieds for my local area.

There's a couple z32s, one which is in great cond. that a guy down the street from me owns, and a riced out one that some kid at the HS owns...
Old 10-03-2013 | 04:59 PM
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I live in Los Angeles, California, so I see a bunch of Z32's and a couple Z31's per month.

Edit: and a ton of 350's and 370's. They're everywhere! Go Dodgers!

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Old 10-03-2013 | 05:37 PM
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I have seen a lot more since I posted this. A couple of z31's and a ton of 350's. I almost never see any 280's. I also found an 88 at the junkyard and got tons of extra parts for my 87 but spent too much money...but it was worth it!
Old 10-24-2013 | 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by russellc
I drive an '87 z31 Turbo and use it for my daily. I am always on the lookout for any other Z cars on the road. I see maybe one a month, I live in central Indiana. U.S.A..
What city in Central Indiana? I live in Carmel, Indiana. I have a gray z31
Old 10-25-2013 | 10:50 AM
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What city in Central Indiana? I live in Carmel, Indiana. I have a gray z31
I live in Elwood and I work in Lebanon.
Old 11-01-2013 | 12:01 AM
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I've been in the far western chicago (aurora) area for about two monthes and have only seen one z31 and a handful of z32's but i get a lot of people asking me what my z31 is apparently they're rare around here
Old 11-01-2013 | 07:40 PM
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Here in Arlington TX its only 350z and z32 the s130 and s30 are never seen i have only seen like 4-5 tops
Old 11-01-2013 | 10:25 PM
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"How often do you see a fellow Z driver?"

86T/86NA --In southern CT I see maybe two (2) other Z31s per week. There are more up in MA, seems like. We all beep or thumbs up. Too many Z32s to count. They don't beep or thumbs up. How soon they forget!

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Old 11-02-2013 | 09:36 AM
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I see several Zs a week. White, grey, burgundy, black, red, orange all z31s. A really nice white z32 with nice white wheels and rocket exhaust and also a stock burgundy one. z33s are everywhere here though, especially this NICE Nismo 350. I live in central North Carolina, about a 45min drive to Charlotte. It's always exciting to see these old ladies in such a small town
Old 11-27-2013 | 08:23 AM
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I live in albuquerque New Mexico and you wouldn't expect to see too many but aperantly we have a huge club and I see lots of 350/370zs but I get to see a lot of classics like 240z 280z my brother has a 280zx and I have - 86 300zx and I'm always surrounded by a lot of fairladys
Old 11-27-2013 | 08:25 AM
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My z and my bros
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Old 01-18-2014 | 10:38 AM
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there were not very many z31 ZX's around Kansas city as DD's ,but a Z car club here has 10-12
but now a guy up the street has 2 in the driveway 1 as a DD but in rougher shape
Old 01-19-2014 | 01:12 PM
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I am in Charlotte, NC and my 300zx is my daily drive, and I see other Zs daily...even the older ones. There is a decently populated ZCar Club here, too.
Old 01-20-2014 | 10:34 AM
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I see them all the time, there are hundreds of them in the Pacific Northwest. There's five of them parked in my garage and out back in the alley right now.
Old 03-28-2014 | 10:28 PM
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I'm in Vancouver, Canada. I've seen a few others on craigslist. Never in person. Lots of z32's though.
Old 03-28-2014 | 10:46 PM
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Lots of new Z's

I see 350 and 370's all the time, a few z32's on a weekly or monthly basis, and this last week, the same 280zx twice, at a car parts store and the health Dept parking lot. There is a kid near me I see occasionally with red tape over his busted tail light looks like crap and has been that way for a long time, sad ):
Old 03-29-2014 | 08:39 AM
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I see them rarely. In fact I saw my first Z32 in person yesterday out the window at work. There's a few 350z's but I don't see them often. And there's one 370z that is owned by a resteraint manager. He parksit in front of the resteraunt and lets it sit there, covered in snow and salt. It's a shame.
Old 03-29-2014 | 03:37 PM
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I'm in Idaho and there's 2 300zx's not including mine and a 280 in the same parking lot as my apartment. I see tons of 350's and 370's as well. A few z32's... military bases are full of z's
Old 03-29-2014 | 04:10 PM
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I hardly ever see any Z31s at home or near school. (outside NYC and Buffalo NY) See tons of 350z and 370z at home near NYC though.
Old 04-03-2014 | 08:35 PM
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I live in lancaster, ohio, and there are two other z31's and one z32, although the three of them are non turbo, its still nice to see them, i honk and wave at them like a goofball



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